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TIL Led Zeppelin, REM, and Depeche Mode have never had a #1 single but, Rihanna has had 10.

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PVQg TIL Pelé had an Illegitimate child he refused to recognize. When she contracted cancer, he refused to help her and she died a few years later.
mx96R TIL being overweight, but not obese, results in a lower mortality rate than being in the "normal" range (using BMI as a measure).
X0nYr TIL In 1942, the Japanese invaded the Aleutian island of Attu, capturing 42 Unangan (Aleut) residents and deporting them to a prison camp on Hokkaido. In 1943 the American forces retook the island in intense combat. Only 26 of the Unangan captives survived and none ever returned to Attu.
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